Michigan couple pleads guilty in $1.2M pandemic fraud scheme
A Southfield, Michigan, couple accused of stealing $1.2 million in pandemic-era relief loans has pleaded guilty.
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A Southfield, Michigan, couple accused of stealing $1.2 million in pandemic-era relief loans has pleaded guilty.
A fraud investigation into a northern Michigan contractor that spans four counties has now grown to nearly $1 million in total losses, detectives say.
A Detroit man pleaded guilty to his role in a five-year credit card fraud scheme totaling more than $200,000.
A West Bloomfield surgeon will spend a year in prison for his role in a $7 million Medicare fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
A Southfield man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing driver's licenses, Social Security cards and equipment to create fake documents.
A Michigan man is facing two charges after a federal agent said in a criminal complaint that he fraudulently received over $5.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID-19 pandemic and used the funds for his personal expenses.
A health care fraud scheme resulted in at least $1.9 million in losses to Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, federal officials said.
A 60-year-old mid-Michigan resident has been sentenced to 1 year of probation for their role in an identity theft and unclaimed property fraud scheme that totaled more than $500,000, the state's Department of Attorney General said Friday.
Prosecutors allege the dentist billed Medicaid for large numbers of unnecessary dental crown work on patients that was not provided.
A Detroit woman accused of running a decade-long student aid scheme, obtaining $2.5 million, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
One person accused of defrauding Michigan gubernatorial candidates in a 2022 signature fraud case was sentenced on Wednesday to four to 20 years in prison.
A Michigan woman is facing federal charges for her role in a $4.6 million fraud scheme that purported to help launch a child's modeling career.
Prosecutors allege the man used the personal information of at least 12 people to obtain $300,000 in Unemployment Insurance Agency benefits.
Four Metro Detroiters, including two former U.S. Postal Service employees, have pleaded guilty to their part in a $63 million scheme involving checks that were stolen from the mail and then resold.
A Michigan woman accused of identity theft and posing as a registered nurse for a third time was sentenced to 75 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A former Saginaw physician will stand trial on 23 counts of Medicaid fraud, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
The former CEO of the Oxford Center, who is charged in the fatal hyperbaric chamber explosion case, has now been charged with health care fraud, according to the Michigan Attorney General's office.
A 40-year-old woman has been sentenced for her role in a fraud scheme involving over $3 million in federal loans intended for pandemic relief, according to court records filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday.
A 51-year-old man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded a Harrison Township business of over $900,000, according to federal court documents filed on Friday.
A Detroit man pleaded guilty to federal charges from an unemployment and identity theft scheme that involved over $500,000.
A former Michigan pharmacist will spend more than six years in prison in connection with a $6 million health care fraud scheme.
Fake QR codes, phony social media posts and phishing emails are among the tools scammers use to trick online shoppers.
A former Michigan pharmacist will spend nearly four years in prison in connection with a $4 million Medicare fraud scheme at a pharmacy he owned.
A Holland, Michigan, man is facing charges for alleged fraud and failure to pay taxes on more than $1 million in unlicensed marijuana sales, according to the Michigan Attorney General's office.
The guilty plea comes less than a year after the three people were charged in May 2025.
